Effect of COVID-19 on Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescents and Children: A Systematic Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Sources and Searches
2.2. Risk of Bias
2.3. Data Extraction
2.4. Evidence Synthesis and Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Study Selection
3.2. Risk of Bias
3.3. Synthesis of Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Study | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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Abawi (2020) | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | NA | NA |
Dragun (2020) | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | NA | NA |
Matos (2020) | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | NA | NA |
Ravens-Sieberer (2021) | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | NA | NA |
Vallejo-Slocker (2020) | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | NA | NA |
Syzmanski (2018) | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | NA | NA |
Author | Country | Study Design | Sample Size (Girls) | Age (Years) | Questionnaire | HRQoL | p-Value | |
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Pre-Pandemic | During-Pandemic | |||||||
Abawi 2020 | Netherlands | Cross-Sectional | 40 | 10.5 (7.6–15.2) | PedsQL | 66.2 (17.7) | Change of −6.3 (29.9) | 0.26 |
Dragun (2020) | Croatia | Cross-Sectional | 531 (384) | 18 (6.0) | Likert scale | 8.0 (2.0) | 7.0 (2.0) | <0.001 |
Matos (2020) | Brazil | Cross-Sectional | 25 children (10) 44 adolescents (25) | 9.56 (1.47) 16.3 (1.67) | SF-36 | - | - | <0.001 a |
Ravens-Sieberer (2021) | Germany | Cross-Sectional | 793 (396) | 12.25 (3.30) | KIDSCREEN-10 | Low HRQol in Boys: 10.4% | Low HRQol in Boys: 35.7 % | <0.001 |
Low HRQol in Girls: 20.4% | Low HRQol in Girls: 44.7 % | <0.001 | ||||||
Low HRQol in Boys and girls: 15.3% | Low HRQol in Boys and girls: 40.2 % | <0.001 | ||||||
Proxy results of 7-to 10-years-olds: 7.4% | Proxy results of 7-to 10-years-olds: 26.8% | <0.001 | ||||||
Proxy results of 11-to 13-years-olds: 12.8% | Proxy results of 11-to 13-years-olds: 14.5% | <0.001 | ||||||
Vallejo-Slocker (2020) | Spain | Cross-Sectional | 33 | 8–18 | KIDSCREEN-10 | 50 (10) | 50.4 (10.1) | 0.4 |
Wunsch (2021) | Germany | Cross-Sectional | 1711 | 4–10 11–17 | KIDSCREEN-10 | Male children 44.89 (3.92) | Male children 40.68 (4.33) | |
Female children 45.49 (4.88) | Female children 41.27 (4.34) | |||||||
Male adolescents 43.87 (4.19) | Male adolescents 40.77 (4.70) | |||||||
Female adolescents 43.15 (4.32) | Female adolescents 40.83 (4.27) |
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Nobari, H.; Fashi, M.; Eskandari, A.; Villafaina, S.; Murillo-Garcia, Á.; Pérez-Gómez, J. Effect of COVID-19 on Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescents and Children: A Systematic Review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 4563. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094563
Nobari H, Fashi M, Eskandari A, Villafaina S, Murillo-Garcia Á, Pérez-Gómez J. Effect of COVID-19 on Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescents and Children: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(9):4563. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094563
Chicago/Turabian StyleNobari, Hadi, Mohamad Fashi, Arezoo Eskandari, Santos Villafaina, Álvaro Murillo-Garcia, and Jorge Pérez-Gómez. 2021. "Effect of COVID-19 on Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescents and Children: A Systematic Review" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 9: 4563. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094563